Solve the following real-world problem: Ahmadullah's basketball team will play 21 games this season. That is 12 more games than 1/3 the number of games they played last season. How many games did they play last season?(1 point)

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Responses

27 games
27 games

33 games
33 games

7 games
7 games

11 games

Answer 1

To solve this problem, we need to set up an equation. Let's assume the number of games they played last season is x.

According to the problem, Ahmadullah's team played 12 more games than 1/3 of the number of games they played last season. Therefore, we can write the equation as:

21 = x/3 + 12

To solve for x, we need to isolate it on one side of the equation. First, we subtract 12 from both sides of the equation:

21 - 12 = x/3
9 = x/3

Next, we multiply both sides of the equation by 3 to get rid of the fraction:

9 * 3 = x/3 * 3
27 = x

Therefore, Ahmadullah's basketball team played 27 games last season.